Improvement in ironing-tables



I. s. HAYS.

IRONING-TABLEQ No, 170,366, Patented Nov. 23,1875.

Nffimi PNOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITE STATES PATENT QFFICE.

JOSEPH s. HAYS, OF. ANNAPoLIs, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR To J. s. HAYS AND DANIEL W. DORSEY, OF sAME PLACE.

I MPRQVEMENT IN lRONlNG-TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 170,366, dated November 23, 1875; application filed November 3, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, JOSEPH S. HAYS, of Annapolis, in thecounty ofAnne Arundel and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Tables; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, 'reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of an ironingtable, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which- Figure l is a plan view. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section on line a; m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line y 3 Fig. 1; and Fig. 4. is a detail view of my invention.

A represents the ironing-board, made of the ordinary forn1that is, smaller at one end than at the other. Theboard A is divided longitudinally froin the smaller end of the board for a suitable distance inward, and one part, A, then cut across at right angles, as

shown. The part or leaf A is hinged to themain part, in such a manner that, when desired, it can be folded underneath, for ironing shirts, pantaloons, or other similar articles.

' Near the larger end of the board A, on the low theboard A, on the inner sideof each leg B, is pivoted another brace, D, which crosses the brace O. The brace (J is slotted for a suitable distanoe longitudinally, and a headed rivet or bolt, 1), is passed through the slot into the brace D, to connect the two. At the ends of the braces D D are hinged the legs G G, which are connected by a cross-bar, G; and

the ends of the braces G C are provided with when the board is raised on its hinges.- 1

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by' Letters Patent, is

1. The ironing-board A, cut to form a longitudinal leaf, A, hinged to the board, capable of being turned under the same, for the purposes herein set forth.

I 2. The combination, with an ironing-board,

of the legs B B, braces (J 0, having slots a; 00,

braces D D, and legs G G, with cross-bar G,

substantially as and for the purposes herein.

set forth. 7

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. 

